Living Off Your Money: The Modern Mechanics of Investing During Retirement with Stock and Bonds - Softcover

McClung, Michael H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997403403 ISBN 13: 9780997403404

Publisher: Portfolio Patterns, 2016

Synopsis

Living Off Your Money shows exactly how to live off one's savings, identifying a set of modern best practices for investing well during retirement with stocks and bonds. It's common knowledge few people save enough for retirement. What's unfortunate is those who do, rarely invest it well during retirement. To a degree, this squanders what has been diligently saved. There are too many wrong answers and not enough right ones for retirees, and it's difficult to discern which is which. The art and science to getting it right is explained in this book. While suitable to any dedicated reader, this book is oriented towards experienced investors, showing not only what works best, but the evidence why. It focuses on the global market data to demonstrate exactly what's right, and what's wrong, with many well-known retirement practices. Side-by-side comparisons of strategies are provided, for each step of retirement investing. Complete pragmatic guidance is supplied, adding up to everything needed to safely live off your money.

About this title

From the Author

My investing philosophy has evolved over 20 years of study, only starting to mature in the last decade. It took researching and writing this book, digging deep into the data for nearly 5 years, to complete my education on investing during retirement.
Professional experience across multiple sectors of the technology industry, including simulation and modeling, helped with the analysis of this book. I have Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science along with work experience at many notable institutions, including Cisco Systems, IBM, Bell Laboratories, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, plus one successful startup. 

From the Back Cover

THE MUST-HAVE BOOK FOR THOSE SERIOUS ABOUT INVESTING DURING RETIREMENT
Praise for Living Off Your Money
"A treasure trove of information. Michael's done an excellent job of addressing many of the key factors a thoughtful investor should be familiar with." --HAROLD EVENSKY, President of Evensky & Katz; Noted as the "Dean of Financial Planning"; Texas Tech Adjunct Graduate Professor; Author of Retirement Income Redesigned, The New Wealth Management, The Investment Think Tank, and Hello Harold
"Michael's done an amazing job of describing the different approaches to generating retirement income, and running careful comparison tests to demonstrate which approaches work best."  --JOSEPH TOMLINSON, Actuary, Certified Financial Planner; Author of "The Search for a Safe Retirement Withdrawal Rate" in Retirement Income Journal and "Retirement Income Products: A Wish List" in Financial Planning
"An excellent and comprehensive analysis of numerous retirement income strategies. It is a 'must-read' for all financial planners specializing in the retirement arena." --JIM OTAR, Author of Unveiling the Retirement Myth, Certified Financial Planner, Engineer
AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH, DEMONSTRATING EXACTLY WHAT'S RIGHT, AND WHAT'S WRONG, WITH MANY WELL-KNOWN RETIREMENT STRATEGIES

Edition details

• Publisher: Portfolio Patterns
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997403403
• ISBN 13: 9780997403404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 374